Two sisters, 16-year-old Alfreda and 10-year-old Erna, who haven't seen each other in years, suddenly find themselves getting ready to sail from their home in Sweden, with their mother, to America, in 1912, to meet their father. After a terrible trip from Sweden to England, the family is amazed to see their new ship is the incredible Titanic. Their mother, however, developed a nasty rash on their previous trip, and is forced by the crew to remain in England until it clears. Alfreda and Erna take off on the Titanic, meeting new friends along the way. However, the fate of the Titanic is well known. Find out what happens to the sisters during that horrible night of the iceberg, and whether they make it to America, and find their family.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 5/18/2009

ISBN-10: 0671027182

ISBN-13: 9780671027186

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Horace Splatty gets to go to camp but something goes wrong!

Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader

Date read: 10/29/2009

ISBN-10: 0525471545

ISBN-13: 9780525471547

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Toby Wheeler is a gym rat, and he's happy with that. Why would he want to be tied to practices in organized basketball when he can be a free man playing basketball at the recreation center? Toby's best friend, JJ, plays for the team, and as far as Toby can see, it's a lot of work. When JJ seems to be slipping away from Toby to spend time with his new friends, and the new coach encourages Toby to come out for the team, he decides to give it a shot. Could it be worth it, though, if the only position he has on the team is as a benchwarmer?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 3/30/2010

ISBN-10: 0385904053

ISBN-13: 9780385904056

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Corey never dreamed Little League could be so humiliating. Their team sponsor is a bathroom tissue company, and their coach knows absolutely nothing about baseball. Things just get worse when the coach's obnoxious granddaughter takes over as coach. It looks to Corey like the Tigers are about to become the laughing-stock of the league!

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 059046230X

ISBN-13: 9780590462303

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Commenter: Jill, grade 5

It is Tomorrow's Wizard's job to listen for important wishes, and grant them. The High Wizard has given him Murdoch as an apprentice, although Tomorrow's Wizard cannot understand why. Murdoch seems disinclined to doing magic, and cannot hear the High Wizard's tankard clanking when he wants the wizards' attention. Murdoch brings many wishes to Tomorrow, but will Tomorrow find any of them important enough? There is Rozelle, beautiful but with a bad temper, whose father wishes he can find a suitor for her; the demonic Miller Few, and his wife, who wish for a sweet child; and Bliss, who wishes he could make a perfect fiddle. Will Tomorrow respond to any of these wishes? Will Murdoch ever become a wizard?

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 3/27/2009

ISBN-10: 0152012761

ISBN-13: 9780152012762

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